BTC The law CLARITY gets stuck; the SEC moves first directly!
Paul Atkins officially pushes forward the Innovation Exemption.
Some operations involving tokenized U.S. stock actions on-chain first obtain a temporary 5-year waiver!
Trading venues and some liquidity providers receive exemptions from conditions.
The tokenization of U.S. stocks has already moved from discussion to the phase of regulatory testing!
This Innovation Exemption—that is, the innovation waiver—allows tokenized TSV stock trading venues that meet the requirements not to be considered, for the time being, traditional stock exchanges; in addition, some liquidity providers may also obtain an exemption from the concept of “dealers” (merchants). However, entry still requires authorization: what can be traded must be real tokenized stock rights, preserving rights such as dividends and voting. “Synthetic stock” tokens that only track the price are not included.
At the same time, the company has the right to object to third parties placing their shares on these platforms for trading. The rules against fraud and against manipulation continue to apply in full. This looks more like the SEC first enables a controlled testing channel to put shares on-chain; the long-term regulatory issues that the CLARITY Act does not resolve still have to be worked through, but progress in implementing RWA has already taken a step forward.
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